traveling with GC and foreign passport

[venusfire503 54]

We visited Morocco (his home country) with no problem; he just took his 'greencard' and passport. What about traveling to other countries, though? He just heard something today about his soccer team possibly traveling to Canada to compete. Can he visit there or other countries the same as me, the USC? Is the 'greencard' enough or does he need to get a visa or something like he would if he still lived in Morocco? If so, how/where would he get it? Is it easy, or difficult (meaning, how strict are they/how likely is an approval)?

Thanks!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Each country will have their own requirements to visit and you should check out their consulates. The Green Card will be sufficient to allow him to enter the US - that is its purpose - not to enter another country.

That being said, however, Canada does recognize permanent residents/green card holders in the US as having equal status to US citizens for the purposes of visitng Canada, and does not require a visa from their home country. The green card (and he should carry his passport regardless as an additional form of identification as well as being required for air travel) will allow him to enter Canada without a problem and return to the US.

[bora bora 1]

Each country will have their own requirements to visit and you should check out their consulates. The Green Card will be sufficient to allow him to enter the US - that is its purpose - not to enter another country.

That being said, however, Canada does recognize permanent residents/green card holders in the US as having equal status to US citizens for the purposes of visitng Canada, and does not require a visa from their home country. The green card (and he should carry his passport regardless as an additional form of identification as well as being required for air travel) will allow him to enter Canada without a problem and return to the US.

I noticed this same thing with other countries. The Bahamas, for example, allows Brazilian citizens the right to stay in the country for up to 2 weeks without a visa, whereas Brazilian citizens that are RESIDENTS of the U.S. can stay for up to a month. Often times being a resident of the U.S. can make it easier to travel - without a visa or with less bureacracy.

However, I know a Colombian girl with U.S. residency who still needs to show A LOT of proof in order to get a tourist visa to Germany. She said having a GC doesn't help her, the fact that she's Colombian makes it difficult to get a visa - in her opinion of course.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Each country will have their own requirements to visit and you should check out their consulates. The Green Card will be sufficient to allow him to enter the US - that is its purpose - not to enter another country.

That being said, however, Canada does recognize permanent residents/green card holders in the US as having equal status to US citizens for the purposes of visitng Canada, and does not require a visa from their home country. The green card (and he should carry his passport regardless as an additional form of identification as well as being required for air travel) will allow him to enter Canada without a problem and return to the US.

I noticed this same thing with other countries. The Bahamas, for example, allows Brazilian citizens the right to stay in the country for up to 2 weeks without a visa, whereas Brazilian citizens that are RESIDENTS of the U.S. can stay for up to a month. Often times being a resident of the U.S. can make it easier to travel - without a visa or with less bureacracy.

However, I know a Colombian girl with U.S. residency who still needs to show A LOT of proof in order to get a tourist visa to Germany. She said having a GC doesn't help her, the fact that she's Colombian makes it difficult to get a visa - in her opinion of course.

US Green Card (and Canada PR) have at least since WW2 carried absolutely ZERO weight in European countries and UK.

[venusfire503 54]

Each country will have their own requirements to visit and you should check out their consulates. The Green Card will be sufficient to allow him to enter the US - that is its purpose - not to enter another country.

That being said, however, Canada does recognize permanent residents/green card holders in the US as having equal status to US citizens for the purposes of visitng Canada, and does not require a visa from their home country. The green card (and he should carry his passport regardless as an additional form of identification as well as being required for air travel) will allow him to enter Canada without a problem and return to the US.

Ok, that makes sense.

I found this link: http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/international_travel_information/visa_passport_information/ that lets you put in the country of citizenship, country of residence, destination country, and even any connecting country. But, once he knows what is required, where does he go to apply for the visa or whatever? The same place I would, or the Moroccan consulate in the US? I have no idea, since I never needed to get anything other than my passport to travel (I've only been to Morocco, and had flights through London). Stupid questions, I know, but.... I don't know the answers.

[Krikit 1,165]

But, once he knows what is required, where does he go to apply for the visa or whatever? The same place I would, or the Moroccan consulate in the US? I have no idea, since I never needed to get anything other than my passport to travel (I've only been to Morocco, and had flights through London). Stupid questions, I know, but.... I don't know the answers.

As Kathryn says, he needs to visit the country's Customs & Immigration site to find the page which contains the visa forms he requires in order to travel there.